Vehicle for use on roads or railways



June 4, 1929. M. N. RIDLEY VEHICLE FOR USE ON ROADS OR RAILWAYS Original Filed April so, 1925 HHHH if veirbioo. reletes improvements in renewed or other roml vehicles,

" gene, erucks lorries, motor-ears, the like,-all of which are eeoi' e'nfl incluelecl in the term e -lil which the Vehicle is e leptor run upom rails or ordinary other roecls at will without e from one self r and without P I i .G

M1 oi We goods er oreeh 01 of the eel or eeeiom Serial Number Vemher, 3'?

J23, are de ehicles upon I. eehirel guide are eepelole of being om ereelr cireum" 'ilie ve icle e hogie w of the he guide whe ls e 1 u lame Serial No. 1.055%, and in Greer, Britain mounted REDELEY i315 LEJ'DE ENGLA D May 4, 19935. Dividefl Seriel 3T0. 2733 5 ning wheels,provi(led with plain treads,

21115. the guide wheelg which are in the form or clisee -enol e pair of guicle wheels are iicl f Keel upon the respective enols of the axle. The sizzles are mounted in the ends of levers fixed; or pivotecl to the axleloexes or the ameworh of the loogie orof .'Dl1e" /'6l1l6l%, hie serial erms or levers, when pivoted being raised or 'lowere& by screw Sheff!) mechanism, The fiat surfaces of the guicle wheels are arranged normally to he within anal clear oi the rei1s,upon which the running wheels trevel,-with the nedirs of their eeripheriee below the upper surface of the seicl rails. the sei arrangement the W61?! elie "vehicle eml its 10ml is taken ermine; wheels the irnciion of the j fl 1 guide eels 0" he rails is reel-need; to a mink r ii We This ihveir'eioii,-which as previously named is OllVKlGl our, oi my Uil'lljfid States of America patent application Serial Number 105,800 ie provided with e hogie or frame-j work in which ere errengeol running wheels having plain treads. To the axle looxes are fixed or pivoted on each side thereof a pair of erins or levers proviclezl with hearings e1; their outer ends in which is mouritecle transverse shec fe or axle upon which is fixeol a pair of flanged guide wheels; e portion of the flange of each guicle wheel, when in its working" being loelow ehe level,-upper sop ehe rails for erresfcing any lateral he of the vehieleahe'fs may take place.- ois type of wheels may rest on the rails end normally except eml accidentally, ortieri the weight of the vehicle the same time there is "e eeusecl by either the trearl or i geiaie wheels.

airings herewo'to eminexedt is leiigiiucliiiel seefuioii on line A, :2 hogie with erme or levers pivle be}; proviilerl with we vehicle the ewe on? the guiole we I 13.65 ll!" to eech eule hols hing and guide Wheels constructed as herein described;

Fig. is a plan or 1 looking at the top.

1, l are the running Wheels provided with plain treads. which run upon the rails 2, 2. Tlhe running Wheels take the Whole Weight of the vehicle and its loud end they-ere made, either solid or hollow end of any suitable materiel such as meted or Wood, or s combination oi the trvo urrd "with rnetel or other tyres. The running Wheels 1 and l are so ranged in pairs, and when required at numher or peirs rosy be coupled together, port of the running Wheels hsviiug' pleiu treeds sud port fienpres, soy, when used for locomotive engines,

may heliued upon treiosvorse mile 8 curried loy hoses at, orrsnged ou the insides of the merrier; rvln-iels= The enle hoses are fixed either directly to the tretoeworlr 5 of the vehicle, or to o, :lrurnevvorlr or hogie provided with leruiristed or other springs, The guide Wheels 6 end 7 ore in the form of tlouged Wheels; portion elf the periphery of the llouge eech guide heel when in its Working position is rolls 2, 53 d when letersl movement oi the vehicle relies plece sold movement is arrest-ed loy tece cit one of oit guide wheels tl sud 'l' coming in coutect with the inner lohgh "diuel edge elf rolls 2;, ls ti, '1" mounted, in peirs the E et o suit re. eh the AL b The vrhee 5o sued iii to e eruts or members l0 to end it, it or he :truroes 1%, To eoch M, 10 turd ill Ill is i .o d or v U let e "r ed tttltyereeut and to vvorlr hetvveeu ir oi? uprights t; the srms 10 10 it, ill ere respectively cor ried hy e pie or piudle 18 else mounted the uprights id, it in "llo lift or lovver the lJl its, side orros ltl ll, ll, end ere secured provided with which respectively heed. screvv which ere ions 24.- ot the 1 shsits 22, 23 ere one end ell roitre ctively mesh 28 mounted "ll", 29 pro" of its unted ou orted. re

1, .th, ou esch of tee orms litsvvivelliug loloclts Itll, ihteruel sore! h meshes threads 2%, oh w e sh? eerried hy hhlltlej r1 epectively ow i523, il

The said wheels are preteruhly mounted loosely though in some coses they heloiv the level of the wis es Wheels '30 and owing" to the slit tits 22, 2d heiug' provided with right and left hood screw threads the svvivelliug hlochs l8 l9 drown towards each other or moved sport, according to the direction in which the sold shafts are rotated, simultaneously the orms 14*, 15 and guide Wheels 6 end ore either raised or lowered.

'lhe trameslQ, l8 ere inverted so thet the screw shafts 22, 23 end the transverse shell; 29 may be errengedhelorv the exle looses d, In some cases it may be found edvisehle to additionally secure the axle hoses to the framework 5 of the vehicle by the coiled springs 32, 32 Which are secured at their lower ends to the cantilevers 33, 33 carried by the urle loozres l, 4t. The upper ends elf the springs 32, 32ers mounted and fixed in soy suitehle form of shoes 3t, 3% which are fixed to the undersurfece of the said tremevvorh 5.

llu ordinary Working it is hot the treads of the guide Wheels 6 end '5 should rest or press on the rolls 2, 2, but thet they should touch lightly shove the level of thereil. lo the event of any lore and aft rocking movement ot the hogie or the vehicle taking piece the treeds of the front or rear guide Wheels 6 or 'l trill rest temporarily and eccidcntelly on the rolls, or even then may give some little pres sure end would tehe e proportion oil the Weight of the vehicle end its loed Where requires odditioeel support.

'lhe framework or hogie which cerries the running Wheels 1, l and verticel guide Wheels o, Y may be mounted either etor shout the centre of the vehicle,--in which uses hicle itself sets es s loogie,-=-or et eech thereof or e hogie they he pieced he and arranged to support the edjeceiut or two vehicles when errenged euol to 'lhus provision is made "tor ertiouletiou this point. When a hogie is employed to support two vehicles, then hetvveeu their eel jeceut ends at hogie is stteched hy pivot The said pivot pins ere secured lo ehle position on the 'bogie thot will permit of such vehicle being eepolole oil lode" pendent action when uegotiothig ourve, 'llhis errsngement permits oat soy, ell :tour vehicles being mounted on tire end their Wheels Whet l claim is 1. The conihihution with e vehicle or? e supporting :Erarne, running wheels hsviog pleiu tresds errsnged in pairs, sides upou "which the pairs of Wheels curried loy the treruevvorlr, eouoected to upri htsfiired to the exile hoses guide "it" eels, the treeds ot" Which do upon the'reils oerried by horses.

2. The eouihinstiou with or vehicle oil sup porting trerhe, running}; Wheels plots treuds erronged in peirs upori. v the poirs of Wheels ruouuted, uulo t lath iuteuded thet or he slightly" reised' euy CJI

llltl Illtl ZLEO series, flanged wessiiig; upon the rail r L mechanism for opere'mg guide Wheels.

3. The corehihetion with vehicle e sup porting lrame, running Wheels having pleih treads in pairs, mils upon which ihe said Wheels travel, PAKlQS upon which the pairs of said 'Wh'EQlS are iriounized, axle boxes carried the said frmne worlg mes pivc ted to uprights fixed to said eirle looses, flanged guide Wheels carried by ssid frames, the breeds or" said Wheels not pressing upon the rails, mechanism for operating soid ironies their guide Wheels under varying eehditioris cantilevers carried the axle shoes fixed to the supporting; frame ngs interposed hetweeri the levers s ernhiristion Wi pin] sme, rumiiieg v 3 treads errsiiged in pairs, rail said i l o eerried lav so so?) i i "mel ed treads err-singed in pairs, rails upon which lhe said Wheels travel, axles upon which the pairs of said Wheels are m0unc-ed,-exle hexes carried by said 1ireimeworlr frames piioled to uprights to said mile boxes, sold frames being arranged ill the rear of the running Wheels flanged guide Wheels carried l 3 said frames, the treads of the said guide Wheeis not pressing upon the rails, and mechanism for operating; said frames and guide Wheels,

6 The combination with a vehicle of a supporting frame, running Wheels having plain treads arranged in pairs, rails upon which the said Wheels travel, axles upon which the pairs of said Wheels ere mounted, axle boxes carried lay said framework, frames pivoted to uprights to exle boxes, said frames hein arranged in, the front and rear of the re? eels, iged guide Wheels carried by said L ..r che treads of the said guide Wheeis not pressirig upon the rails and mechanism for o erating said frames and guide wheels 7., "lhe Collii'jina fllOfl with a vehicle of a supporifii 'reme, erection means comprising a ii'oireh of pairs of running; Wheels coupled together, one part of the said running Wheels moving plain treads and the other part hovaxles upon which the running reels are mounted in pzmirs boxes receiving W the aisles. and stationary arms wheels mounted on their NUETL sroLEY. 

